Presentation

The Nutrition Pessoa Competition is promoted by the Nutrition Sciences course at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Fernando Pessoa University. This competition aims to encourage secondary school students to create healthy and sustainable dishes based on the theme proposed for each edition, awarding prizes to the three best dishes developed.

Recipients

The Nutrition Person Competition is open to all students attending secondary schools, public or private. Applications are submitted individually by each student with the support of a supervising teacher. Each student is limited to one application.

General rules

Each student must prepare a dish according to the theme stipulated for each edition of the competition. The dishes presented must be prepared by the students themselves and be aligned with the principles of healthy and sustainable eating, serving as an example of a recipe that can be prepared by the general population and be accessible to all. The description of the recipes and photographs, submitted in the online form, must adequately reproduce the stages of development of the dish and the quality of the recipe in the competition. Travel and related expenses for the presentation of the finalist dishes at the Fernando Pessoa University will be the responsibility of the nominated students and/or secondary schools. Enrolled students accept all the rules and conditions of these regulations. The organizers reserve the right to make any changes to these regulations, if necessary, and in this case, must inform all participating students. Participants grant the rights to any eventual dissemination of their recipes and images.

Application requirements

Each student must submit their application using the online form available on the competition page, where the following information is requested:

• School identification
• Year and class identification
• Team identification (full name of the student and the supervising teacher)
• Team contact email address
• Description of the recipe submitted to the competition, specifying all the foods/ingredients used, their respective quantities and method of preparation, as well as the context and justification of the submitted proposal.
• High-quality photographs that support the development of the prepared dish.

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation criteria for the dishes in the competition are as follows: foods and ingredients used, cooking methods, nutritional balance, environmental sustainability, accessibility to the general population (simplicity of preparation and price), presentation of the dish, organization of ideas and information, innovation, creativity, and justification of the proposal. The organoleptic characteristics of the prepared dish will be evaluated in the final phase of the competition, for the three finalists.

Selection jury

The evaluation of the meals is the responsibility of the selection jury. The selection jury will be composed of members from the Fernando Pessoa University and partner institutions of this edition.

The selection process for submitted proposals will be organized in the following phases:

1. All proposals will be subject to an initial quality assessment; incomplete works or those that do not meet the eligibility criteria will be eliminated from the competition.
2. The projects are evaluated by the jury according to the evaluation criteria. The three proposals that obtain the highest scores will be selected for the final. In case of a tie, the jury will decide which students are finalists.
3. In the final of the competition, students will have the opportunity to present their dish to the jury for tasting, with the organoleptic characteristics and presentation of the dish being included in the evaluation.
4. The three finalist students will be ranked in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place.
5. The jury's decision is final and cannot be appealed.

Award

All participants will receive a certificate of participation, and at the end, the three best proposals will be invited to prepare and present their dish to a jury. The three best proposals will be awarded a prize, to be announced in each edition of the competition according to its schedule.